ITV's Tom Daley-fronted celebrity diving contest Splash! made waves with viewers, attracting an average audience of 5.6 million viewers on Saturday.

The five-part series, hosted by Gaby Logan and Vernon Kay, attracted decidedly mixed reviews, but won its 7.15pm-8.15pm slot with an average audience share of 23.6%. Splash! had a 15-minute peak of 5.9 million viewers.

Each of the first three shows features five celebrities, mentored by Olympic bronze medallist Daley, vying to make it through to the semi-finals and finals in front of judges including Team GB diving coach Andy Banks and comedian Jo Brand.

Djalili made the semi-final by diving from the 10-metre board, scoring 23 points out of a possible 30.

Subsequent shows in the series will feature celebrities including The Only Way is Essex's Joey Essex, model Caprice, former ski jumper Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, Sky Sports presenter Charlotte Jackson and TV designer Linda Barker.

Splash! saw off the challenge from BBC1's new quiz show, Britain's Brightest, hosted by Clare Balding.

Airing from 7.10pm to 8.25pm, it managed an average audience of 4.9 million and a 20.6% share.

Earlier, BBC1 debuted hidden-camera show Richard Hammond's Secret Service, from 6.30pm to 7.10pm, which drew an average of 2.7 million and a 12.5% share.

ITV1 had a solid Saturday with the third round FA Cup tie between West Ham and Manchester United, which ended 2-2 with a late equaliser from Robin van Persie, attracting an average audience of 4.9 million and a 24.8% share between 4.30pm and 7.15pm.

Paddy McGuinness's dating show Take Me Out returned for a new series, with the first of an eight-part run managing 4.5 million and an 18.5% share in the one-hour slot from 8.45pm.

The was followed by the return of The Jonathan Ross Show, which featured Jeremy Piven, star of ITV's new Sunday night drama Mr Selfridge, which managed 3.3 million and a 14.9% share between 9.45pm and 10.45pm.

Channel 4's biggest programme of Saturday night, disaster film repeat The Day After Tomorrow, managed 2 million and an 8.2% share between 7.40pm and 10pm.

Channel 5's top-rating show was Celebrity Big Brother, which drew an average of 2.1 million and a 9.3% share between 9.45pm and 10.45pm.

Borgen makes a killing

The return of BBC4's Danish drama Borgen managed to attract just over 1 million viewers between 9pm and 10pm.

Borgen had an average of 1.082 million viewers, a 4.5% share of viewing between 9pm and 10pm, including 112,000 and 0.5% on BBC HD.

The second episode, which followed immediately after, drew 852,000, a 4% share, including 47,000 and 0.2% on BBC HD.

Sky1's David Attenborough's Galapagos averaged 482,000 viewers and a 2% share in the 8pm slot, and a five minute peak of 610,000.

All ratings are Barb overnight figures, including live, +1 (except for BBC channels) and same day timeshifted (recorded) viewing, but excluding on demand, or other – unless otherwise stated. Figures for BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 generally include ratings for their HD simulcast services, unless otherwise stated

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